It's so hard to choose just a few shots of amazing bird suspects from Kenya... but here is a small carousel of suspects we saw from the amazing trip. A real bird aviary. Our guide from the lodge told us that many of his clients and guest sometimes don't give a second glance at birds, but focusing on the bigger animals. I told him while I loved watching and seeing the big cats, elephants and giraffe and others, I'm a secret birder, and very visual, so I take everything in... any part of nature is rewarding for me. He seemed to like and share my view. Some folks miss out on a lot of beautiful creatures, even in our own backyards. I hope these birds bring some tiny piece of joy to you. And I can't take credit of these...Warbucks was the recorder of the bird snaps!
Blue Guinea hen fowl
Kenyan Starling
Crested Crane
Egyptian Geese
Horned Bill
Wow! Wonderful bird photos.
ReplyDeleteThe diversity of our avian friends is truly amazing, in combinations of colors and shapes, they are a gift to view and treasure from out Mother Nature. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Lately, and surprisingly, I have been enjoying the bluebirds here at the morning feeding. I don't see them in the winter much. And they are just as striking as the cardinals against the snow.
DeleteWhat amazing birds! My favourite is the very first one with that amazing tail!
ReplyDeleteThat was a fly catcher I believe. They had amazing birds there.
DeleteAll of these birds are so colorful!! It must have been surreal seeing them all in person. I have always enjoyed seeing ostrich. That must have been neat? Tell Warbucks he some really great shots of them.
ReplyDeleteLove this post- what shots!! This trip must still be giving you a high?
ReplyDeleteWow! Such beautiful color and textures! I always enjoy your bird post.
ReplyDeleteall that variety and not a cock in the bunch?
ReplyDeleteThere were some however at the lodge, at night. Late.
DeleteSpectacular! How much lens was he using? Yesterday afternoon, I was on the treadmill in the gym, looking out at the hillside. The snow has just melted off after a couple of weeks, and there were 4 dozen robbins turning over the leaf cover, foraging in the dappled sunlight for bugs or worms on the warmest day in three or four weeks.
ReplyDeleteYou're asking me? He is as bad as you with the camera equipment! He makes my pictures look terrible. Hell, I don't even know what I have, except of my phone and my digital cannon whatever with attachments.
DeleteBeautiful! And that first little beauty with the long tail!
ReplyDeleteThat is a fly-catcher. One of my favorites were the Superb Starlings.
DeleteWait! That 3rd bird photo! Is that a Road Runner????
ReplyDeleteNo Pat, it's a Kori Bustard, a large omnivorous bird that's usually found on open grassland, and savannahs. They're becoming rarer, so I was told I was lucky to see one. Roadrunners are actually much smaller, and have a longer thin tail feather that is often sticking up at a angle or straight out. But the markings and color are similar.
DeleteWow.... It's so pretty and does remind me of the road runners we see here.
DeleteToo amazing!!!! The crested cranes must be the drag queens of the birds.
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